I haven't read the first two books in the series, but Calista's Men can definitely stand alone. I enjoyed the story and would have given it five stars if a something hadn't annoyed me a tiny bit in the beginning. One thing that bothers me in contemporaries is unsafe sex. Calista and her men never discuss disease or birth control. Both men think about the fact that they aren't using condoms, but nobody discusses it. They meet each other and have unprotected sex in the same night and continue from there. While I liked the characters (especially Dante's dominance)and I liked the plot, that irresponsibility keeps the story from being a 5-star story for me.That being said, I'll definitely be reading the other books in the series. ( )

Pretty stupid. Skipped alot and then did not finish book. Ugh! ( )

While I enjoyed "Crime Tells: Calista's Men" by Jory Strong, I didn't enjoy the story as much as I did the first book in the series I read which was "Crime Tells: Lyric's Cop" which I gave 3.5 to 4 stars, BUT I did enjoy the hot menage sex more so it basically gets the same rating as the first book. Confused enough now? Good!

Calista is so excited to be working at the detective agency, especially since she's just been given her first case involving a young woman who apparently fell to her death during a wild party. The womans' mother is accepting of the death, but she learned that her daughter had recently borne a child and she wants the wereabouts of said baby! Calista isn't your average detective. Until a few weeks ago she was actually a grade school teacher! She's pretty shy and quiet and wants this job to force herself to be more outgoing.

The Giancotti brothers have only each other to count on and it's been that way as long as they can remember. Once they found women they also discovered that they enjoy the closeness of sharing a woman between them. But Detective Dante isn't interested in a relationship and his security agency owner Benito is. Then they meet Calista and both of them realize that things are about to change!

A schoolteacher turned detective, suuuure. Shy girl becomes menage playmate sex-kitten? Why not? Her case just so happens to involve a case Dante was suspended for? Umm, OK coincidences do happen. Both men fall in love at first sight (OK Dante doesn't figure out what happened until later, but still)? Uh, maybe. Just too pat and too many out-there things for me. But hey, the sex is great! Dante is the Alpha 99% of the time, but Benito can top just as well. Hot menage sex pulls up the rating. Read it if you like the series. ( )

Mmmm...yummy! I'd love to meet my own Dante and Benito! Calista is smart funny and caring...although there were several moments I would have loved to yell at her, "are you a complete moron?!" but alas I did not. I may have to try some more of the Crime Tells series. ( )